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People news: Drive Research hires Coville as project manager
BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. — Drive Research announced that Chris Coville has joined the Baldwinsville–based market-research firm as a project manager. Coville will play an “integral” role

Downtown Syracuse Dining Weeks to include lunch option, benefit Food Bank
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The 14th annual Downtown Syracuse Dining Weeks, which begin Feb. 15 and continue through Feb. 28, will include a lunch option at

Syracuse contractor ordered to pay restitution for violating court order
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A Syracuse contractor doing business as Under Construction has been fined $2,000 and ordered to pay more than $40,000 in restitution for
Sales-tax receipts rise in Central New York, most of state
ALBANY, N.Y. — Local sales-tax revenues rose across much of New York in 2017, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli reported Tuesday. Rising consumer confidence and wages,

SALINA, N.Y. — Ending months of speculation State Senator John DeFrancisco, (R-Syracuse), announced late Tuesday afternoon that he is running to become the next governor

Branding, graphic-design studio formally opens in Koffman Incubator
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Rtistry By Design last Friday held the formal opening for its new office at the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator. A full-service branding

Allyns donate $2.2 million to help fund innovation center at Syracuse University
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University life trustee William (Bill) Allyn and his wife, Janet (Penny) Jones Allyn are donating $2.28 million to its College of
Chamber Alliance of the Mohawk Valley elects 2018 officers
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — The Chamber Alliance of the Mohawk Valley (CAMV) has announced its new slate of officers for 2018. Marianne Buttenschon, president of
New York home sales decline in December, CNY numbers mostly down
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors sold more than 11,000 previously-owned homes during December, down over 5 percent from more than 11,600 homes sold in

Harden Furniture assets to be auctioned off next week
“I don’t want to see it liquidated and I don’t think it will be,” he says. “It has more value as a going concern than
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